Locomotive brake-rigging.



F. E. SCHWENTLER.

LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE RIGGING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1914.

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LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE-RIGGING.

Application filed September 16, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. SCHWENT- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in LocomotiveBrake-Rigging, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brake rigging for driving wheels oflocomotives, and particularly that type of rigging having two sets ofrods and levers connected to the brake beams, one set at each side ofthe locomotive.

With the large capacity of brake cylinders now being used in the modernair brake equipment, it is sometimes diiiicult or im practicable tolocate two brake cylinders side by side between the side frames of thelocomotive, and the object of my invention is to provide an improvedconstruction in c which a plurality of brake cylinders are located intandem between the side frames, the pistons being connected bytransverse equalizer bars and side rods with the respective brake beamsat the side frames.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a longitudinal section takenbetween the side frames of a locomotive with four pairs of drivingwheels, and showing one form of brake rigging embodying my improvement;Fig. 2, a plan of same, the side frames being 7 indicated in dottedlines; and Fig. 3, a

transverse section of the same.

In a brake design of this type, the brake Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 4:, 1915.

Serial No. 861,972.

are horizontally located in tandem between the side frames, andsupported on the respective cross frames, D D D the pistons beingconnected by the respective equalizer bars, E E E with the side pullrods, 11, passing upon both sides of the brake cylinders, and attachedat their ends to the respective brake levers, 5. By means of this simpleconstruction, two or more brake cylinders may readily be installed inconnection with almost any design of locomotive, for actuating the brakerigging without interfering with other parts of the locomotiveconstruction. This design also has the advantage of being very flexible,as additional cylinders may be applied, if desired.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a locomotive brake rigging, the combination of brake levers, aplurality of hori zontal brake cylinders located in tandem between theside frames of the locomotive, equalizer bars therefor, and pull rodsconnecting said equalizers with the brake levers.

2, In a locomotive brake rigging, the combination with the side frames,of a plurality of horizontal brake cylinders located in tandem betweensaid frames, cross frames supporting said cylinders, equalizer bars forsaid brake cylinders, pull rods connected thereto upon both sides ofsaid cylinders, and brake levers actuated by said rods;

3. In a locomotive brake rigging, the com- Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of PatentsWashington, D. G.

